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I signed on to write this book almost 21 months ago. 21 MONTHS!!! It’s a long process. And literally the day I signed the contract I found out I was pregnant. :)

Luckily the people at C&T Publishing were fabulous and let me drag the process out a little bit longer. I’m convinced that the best time to write a book is while pregnant…that pregnancy flew by!

All of the projects in the book are beginner friendly, simple, and usable. I wanted a quilting newbie to be able to pick it up the book and make anything from it.

The hardest part for me in the whole process was the photography. I had initially said no-way to taking the photographs myself…because I knew it would be hard. But after some convincing I gave it a go.

In hindsight I learned a lot, and I’m glad I did it…even though there were many tears shed during the process (like when I took 100 pictures in the wrong format!).

By the end of taking pictures I was bribing my kids left and right. They probably had sugar highs for a month after all the treats I gave them. Luckily they were very patient with me (and very easily bribed).

A Mom’s gotta do what a Mom’s gotta do.

There are 14 quilt projects + one pillow project + one quillow (a quilt that folds into a pillow!).

7 of the quilt projects come with multiple size options so you can make them in a baby, crib, or twin size.

All of the projects can be made in a weekend…or a day if you’re a crazy-pregnant-sleep-deprived-mom hopped up on M&M’s and Sugar Babies.

I have to give a big huge thank you to the people at C&T Publishing and Stash Books. They are an amazing team with amazing editors and designers who made the process go smoothly.

It looks amazing. I was excited to get my pre ordered copy yesterday then I got an email from Amazon (UK) saying they hadn't received them from the supplier yet so I'll now only get it towards the end of the month. Aargh!!

Congratulations! Your photography is beautiful, esp the little girl against the hot pink wall. Lovely! I did get kind of sweaty just looking at the baby on the changing table, but I am going to assume there was a hand *right there*, just cropped out. :) And the quilt is wonderful!

Congratulations Allison! I'll be hopping over to Amazon to pick up a copy. Thanks for making the projects suitable for beginners! I love so many of your patterns for that very reason. And your instructions and illustrations are clear & easy to understand.

Congratulations – it looks a fab book. I love the giant log cabin quilt in the changing table photo. I need to make a quilt for my baby girl and this one is shouting out to be made :) Can't wait to get my hands on your book!

Well a hearty congratulations to you on both the book and the beautiful baby! All those quilts are gorgeous and all your photos are just stunning! I'm sure it helped to have such good looking models to go with your good looking quilts!

I allready ordered your book last week with Book Depository in Great Britain! I could not wait till my holidays in July when we are going to USA again!Hope to see the book in a few weeks ;-)Greetings from the NetherlandsMarina Fluit

Congratulations! I can't wait to get the book. I found my first sewing project on your site just a few months ago, the spoke pillow. I made two, one for each of my daughters. The instructions were wonderful and i know this book will be awesome.

A very big congrats to you Allison!! :o)I love your pictures! All those projects look like so much fun! I can hardly wait to order your book. :o) Side note : I used m & m's to potty train both of our children and everyone was happy! :o)

You have done a wonderful job with your book! The fabric, patterns, prints, and the pics, your kiddos are just darling :)I have always found your tutorials easy to follow, and I am instructionally impaired!Take a bow, no really, TAKE A BOW!

I can't wait to get my hands on this book. I'm very impressed with the photos you took-beautiful work! Seeing pics of your daughter make me sooooo miss that baby stage (my daughter was born a few days before yours), but I have to say, isn't this age they're at now just so.darn.cute!!! Love it!

I can't wait to get my hands on this book. I'm very impressed with the photos you took-beautiful work! Seeing pics of your daughter make me sooooo miss that baby stage (my daughter was born a few days before yours), but I have to say, isn't this age they're at now just so.darn.cute!!! Love it!

Lovely and fun looking quilts: need the book now!! (Darn you!!)LOL!And your kids are beautiful!! Your older daughter is going to be a heart-breaker: your hubby better be getting the gun ready when she starts to date!! Congrats on all the pretty things you have made! :-) Hugs, H in Healdsburg

I love the book and it's in at Fat Quarter Shop! I got notice the other day. I plan on getting this wonderful book. Thank you so much for the simple quilts. What an opportunity for us newbies and Thank you

I'm a newbie to quilting and this will be on my shelf faster than you can say "Amazon one-click!" The designs look amazing – easy enough for a beginner without looking like they are for the inexperienced. Thank you, and congrats, especially for managing to do this with baby-brain! Chrissie x

Oh my goodness! I had no idea this was your book! I put it on my wish list after my recent pregnancy! I have been out of the quilting world (pregnancy was not easy this time) and I am jumping back to it. This is a must have now! :-)

The post has just arrived with your wonderful book filled with inspirations for quilts I may never have time to sleep again!!!!Highly recommend pre release purchase from Amazon..pretty good timing to get here to Sydney Australia I think!!!